Game apparatus.



Wl, 1:". SCHNELLEn GAME APPARATUS,

APPLICATION FILED JULY 9, 190e.

Patented Feb. l5, 1910.

TTORA/E V8 WILLIAM F. SCHNELLE, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

GAME APrAM'rUs.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application ledJuly 9, 1909. Serial No. 506,658.

f To all whom 'it may concernf Be it known that I,WILLIAM F. SCHNELLE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Game Apparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact. description.

My invention relates to games, and it has for its object to provide a board and movable pieces, which may be constructed at little expense, and which may bc used to lay an interesting and novel game.

Still other objects of the invention will appear in the following complete description.

In this specification I will describe the preferred form o f my invention, the scope of the invention being deined in the appended claims.

The figure shows a plan view ofthe board, with the pieces disposed thereon.

By referring to the drawing it may be seen `that the board 1, has a rectangular pathway or marking 2 thereon which represents the base lines in a baseball field; this marking 2 having a home-plate 3 and bases 4 which represent the first, second and third bases of a baseball field. Through' the home-plate 3 and the second base a pathway or marking 5 extends, this pathway or marking having its terminals disposed beyond the second base and the home-plate, respectively. The forward terminal of this pathway or marking 5 has a base 6, and its rear terminal has a base 7. .A marking or pathway the second and third bases, with the marking or pathway 5, there being bases 9 and 10 at the terminals of this pathway 8. Markings or pathways 11 extend rearwardly from the second and third bases, the said markings or pathways 8 being substantially parallel with the marking or pathway 5, and at the rear terminals of these markings or pathways 11 there are bases 12, the pathways or markings 13 being provided' to connect the bases 12 with the base 7.

. On the board are disposed four ieces 14, and there is an additional set o four 8 connects the pathway 2 between termed runners pieces 15, which are distinguishable from the pieces 14by a difference in color. In each set of pieces there is one distinguishable from the other pieces in the same set by the character. lt represented at 16. On

the board, at its front, there is represented a scoring part 17. The pieces with the Rs thereon arc called the runners. At the commencement of the game the pieces with the Rs thereon (culled the runners) are both disposed on the base 7, and the remaining pieces are dis osed on the other bases. First Patented Feb. 15 191e.

one player p aces one of his pieces on one I of the bases, and then the other player places --one of his pieces on one of the unoccupied bases, and so on, alternately, until the several pieces disposed on the bases'represented on the board. The player having the right to the first play, then moves one of his pieces over one of the markings or pathways from one base to another, but he is not permitted to move a piece except from one to a neigh boring base, with the exception of wherel there is a piece of his adversarys on a neighboring base with the next neighboring base in the same line unoccupied, in which case it is permissible for the player to jump his opponents piece, disposing his piece on the unoccupied base. When one player has moved his piece, the other player moves one of his pieces, the object of the game being to move the pieces which are and which are moved in the same way as the other pieces, to the front of the board, and on to Athe home-plate, which scores two points provided the player runner who has reached the home-plate has not jumped his opponents runner, butk if he has jumped his opponents runner he is entitled to `only one point. players with the exception of those termed the runners be removed from the board, the inning is ended and a new inning is commenced by placin the pieces on the board as before stated. gWhen three pieces of one color yrepresentin v,players are removed from the board t e play is called three out and the inning is ended.

It will be seen that it is possible to jump the opponents players and thereby be en- Should all the his titled to their removal from the board, only,

on the line from the second to the third base, and along the pathway 5, which crosses the home-plate vin the second base. When two of the opponents pieces are so disposed that there is one' unoccupied base between them, with a players piece dis osedon a neighboring base on the same line, andv with the other neighboring bases on the sameline unoccupied, such as along the pathway 5, it is possible for the player to ]ump two of his opponents players, and thereby obtain their removal. Such a move is called a double play.

The player cannot move any of his ieces to the base 7 until both of the pieces esignated as the runners are moved therefrom. Neither player is permitted to move to a bag which is at that time occupied by another piece. When a player has removed one of his pieces designated as a runner from the base 7, he is not permitted to move the said piece/back to the said base when there is another piece thereon. Should one player be blocked, that is, find vhis pieces in such a position that it is impossible for him to move, the other layer moves until he is in his regular or er-able to move one of ieces. I one of the players pieces termed the runner is taken by the opponent the game is continued, but in such a casethe opponent is entitled to be creditedl with only one run, when the piece termed the runner reaches the home-plate. On the arrival of 'l the pieces called the runners, at the home-plate, they are removed from the game, which is called the scoring. When a player succeeds in moving one of his pieces termed a runner to the home-plate he is entitled to two runs, except in the case mentioned above, where he has previously jumped his opponents runner, and which has been removed from the board.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a game apparatus, a board provided on one of its faces with a rectangular marl ing or pathway, there being a second marking or pathway running through opposite corners and across-the rectangular marking or pathway, and extending beyond said corners, a third marking or pathway connecting one of the sides of the rectangle with the second-mentioned marking or pathway between the said corners, two additional markings or pathways which extend rearwardly from the other corners of the rectangle, and markings or pathways which connect the second-mentioned and the said two additional markings or pathways.

2. In a game apparatus, a board having on one of its faces a rectangular marking or pathway, therev being a second marking or pathway running from one corner of the rectangle, across to the o positecorner, and extending beyond the sai corner, two additional pathways or markings which extend rearwardly from the other corners of the rectangle, and markings or pathways which connect the second-mentioned and the said two additional markings or pathways.

3. In a game apparatus, a board having on one of its faces a rectangular marking or pathway, there being a second marking or of the rectangle, across to the opposite corner, and extending therebeyond, there being a third marking or pathway connecting one of the sides of the rectangle with the secondmentioned marking or pathway between the said corners, two additional markings or pathways which extend rearwardly from the other, markings or pathways of the rectangle, and markings or pathwaysl which connect the second-mentioned and the said two additional markings or pathways.

4:.- In a game apparatus, a board having on one of its faces a rectangular marking or pathway, there being a second marking or pathway running through opposite corners and across the rectangle, and extending` beyond each of the said corners, two additional markings or pathways which extend rearwardly from the other corners of the rectangle, and markings or pathways which connect the second-mentioned and the said two additional markings or pathways.

5. In a game apparatus, a board having on one of its faces a rectangular marking or pathway, there being a second marking or pathway running through opposite corners across the rectangle and extending beyond the said corners, there being a third markiIlU sides of? the rectangle with the second-mentioned marking or pathway between the said corners, and two additional markings or pathways which extend rearwardly from the other corners of the rectangle, markings or pathways which connect the second-menor pathways, there being enlargements atthe corners of the intersections and the terminals of the said markings or pathways.

6. In a game apparatus, a board having on one of its faces a'rectangular marking or pathway running through opposite corners across the rectangle and extending ber yond the said corners, there being a third marking or pathway connecting one of the sides of the rectangle with the second-mencorners, two additional markings or pathways which extend rearwardly from the other corners of the rectangle, markings or pathways which connect the second-mentioned and the said two additional markings tioned and the said two additional markings or pathway, there being a second marking tioned marking or pathway between the said pathway running from one of the corners or pathway connecting one of the ,or pathways, there being enlargements vat In testimony whereof I have signedv my the corners of the intersections and the ter- 'name to this specification in the presence of 10 miials of the aid marklilngs lor pahways, two subscribing witnesses.

an two sets o pieces, t ere eing our in each set, one set being distinguishable from.' WILLIAM F' SCHNELLE' the other set, there being one` ieee in each Witnesses:

set distinguishable from the ot er pieces in FREDERIGH T. MEYER,

the same set. MARTIN FLUCK. 

